Example sentences of "[noun] by a [det] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recent pronouncement by a former Education Minister serves to remind us of the kind of thinking we must guard against . |
| 2 | The SEALs were described to this reviewer by a former USSF officer as the toughest special forces in Vietnam , and this does not mean that they were braggarts . |
| 3 | So reveals a piece by a former Kinnock press aide in yesterday 's Times . |
| 4 | ‘ Since the reforms from Third World markets are so small , it does n't matter if they do n't come , therefore we could donate these genes to the Third World ’ , he says , and supports a new initiative by a former deputy director of the International Wheat and Maize Centre ( CIMMYT ) to set up a gene brokerage between the rich and poor nations . |
| 5 | The ADM-19 was to be led in the Congress by a former guerrilla commander , Vera Grabe . |